Lord Byron — Don Juan. Cantos I to VI.

London, Printed for the Booksellers, 1828 . Hardback. An early edition of Cantos I to VI of Lord Byron's famous epic poem, Don Juan. An early edition. Originally published between 1819 and 1824. Bound in the publisher's original boards, with cloth reinforcements. This volume contains Cantos I to VI. 'Don Juan' is Lord Byron's satirical epic poem, an important feat of Romantic poetry. Byron portrays Don Juan as a man easily seduced by women, rather than a womaniser. The character, but not the plot, is taken from the legendary Spanish libertine figure. Byron's poem is written in ottava rima across sixteen cantos. Upon the publication of the first cantos in 1819 the poem was criticized as immoral. With the library label of Nottingham Reference Library to the front boards, with an issue plate and the occasional library stamp. Bound in quarter cloth with the publisher's original boards. Externally, worn, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Front board has detached after front endpaper. Light soiling to boards, with library labels to front. Loss to backstrip head and tail, with slight loss to spine label. Rear hinge is a little strained, but holding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright with the odd mark or spot, and the occasional library stamp. Small amount of edge wear to pages. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .